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Reader Mail
Sep 4, 2008

Jury still out on Churchill 'actor'

While I appreciate the point he is trying to make, Stephen Mansfield really should do a little more research before dipping his toes into historical controversy. We do not "know" if Winston Churchill's wartime speeches were really delivered by an actor as Mansfield asserts in his Aug. 31 book review...
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2008

Police take 'dead' doll for autopsy

Police are trying to determine whether they were the victims of a hoax after what they thought was a body inside a sleeping bag turned out to be a life-size doll.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2008

Fukuda gives LDP apology for quick exit

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told his fellow Liberal Democratic Party members in the Diet on Wednesday he was sorry about his surprise decision to step down earlier this week.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 4, 2008

German opera director Konwitschny stages 'Eugene Onegin' in Tokyo

With Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre, German director Peter Konwitschny will stage "Eugene Onegin" in Tokyo from Sept. 12 to 15.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2008

Japan probing North Korea reactor rumor

Japan is staying in close contact with other countries regarding reports that North Korea is restoring its nuclear reactors at Yongbyon, Foreign Ministry Press Secretary Kazuo Kodama said Wednesday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 4, 2008

Devo uphold their duty now for the future

As I sit down opposite the gray-haired man in a black shirt and glasses, someone comes to clear the clutter off the table — a stick-thin, retro-futuristic guitar that has been rigged for its strings to explode at the climax of a solo. His flame-haired partner takes a seat; he's wearing a full suit...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 4, 2008

Historical turn at Sydney biennale

The opening of the 16th Biennale of Sydney in June arrived on the heels of a national controversy in Australia, after police had removed works from an exhibition of renowned photographer Bill Henson in late May. Police deemed Henson's photographs of naked adolescent children to be indecent, although...
Reader Mail
Sep 4, 2008

Shift to younger leadership

Instability at the top in Japan is a reflection of the changing nature of Japan. The old ways of thinking are not going to work. What is being done about the declining population (especially people of working age) and the ballooning government deficits? How will Japanese technology retain its edge? How...
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2008

Top hedge fund manager Mukai joins Epic Partners

Tadashi Mukai, who outperformed all his hedge fund rivals in Japan last year, joined Tokyo-based Epic Partners Investments Co. and will start a new fund that won't bet on stocks rising or falling.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 4, 2008

'The Closed Garden'

Tokyo Gallery, Ginza
BASKETBALL
Sep 3, 2008

High-scoring Sturns joins Rizing

Michael Sturns, who led all National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II players with 26.6 points per game last season, has joined the bj-league's Rizing Fukuoka.
EDITORIALS
Sep 3, 2008

Premier case of deja vu

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced his resignation in a news conference hastily called Monday night. It was like a replay of the resignation of his predecessor Mr. Shinzo Abe almost a year ago. Both Mr. Abe and Mr. Fukuda surrendered their Cabinet less than one year after they came to power.
Japan Times
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Sep 3, 2008

Kitajima, softball team showed mettle in Beijing

Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series. Part one appeared in Sunday's newspaper.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2008

Fukuda exit underscores New Komeito rift, may spur poll

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's sudden resignation Monday may set in motion a round of political upheaval, with his successor likely to dissolve the Lower House and call a snap election before year's end, critics say.
EDITORIALS
Sep 3, 2008

Short-term economic fix

The government has announced an ¥11.7 trillion economic stimulus package to prevent a further slide of the Japanese economy. It represents a short-term approach to tide over current difficulties. Apparently the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito hoped the package would help...
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2008

Aso gets set for run at LDP presidency

Taro Aso, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's secretary general, indicated Tuesday he will run for the party's presidency amid the disarray following Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's abrupt resignation.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2008

Russia's Georgia policy splits the Kremlin

MOSCOW — Dmitry Medvedev inherited the post of president of the Russian Federation from Vladimir Putin, and while Putin moved down the pecking order to become prime minister, speculation has abounded from the start of Medvedev's presidency about an eventual split between Russia's two highest leaders....
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 3, 2008

Watanabe continues strong stretch for M's

The Seibu Lions have used one of baseball's most potent offenses to build a nearly insurmountable lead in the Pacific League and establish themselves as an early favorite to reach the Japan Series.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
The United States imposes 15% 'reciprocal' tariff on most Japanese goods
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Wednesday.
U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
Biggest drop in Japanese nationals seen alongside record high in foreign residents
A street in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Wednesday
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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